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This first biography of Jimmy McHugh captures a lively and significant contributor to American songwriting. Creator of favorite tunes such as "I'm in the Mood for Love" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street," McHugh was a one-man history of twentieth-century popular music: in his prolific composing career, he wrote songs for Duke Ellington, Shirley Temple, Bobby Breen, Carmen Miranda, Deanna Durbin, Frank Sinatra, Ethel Waters, Adelaide Hall, and scores of other entertainers. His last works were turned into smash hits by Pat Boone and Fats Domino, making McHugh one of the few musicians to...

Fats Waller (1904-1943) was an outsize man in all respects: five feet, eleven inches tall, he weighed 285 pounds. The greatest of the Harlem "stride" pianists, he composed hundreds of songs, he led a band that made over 400 recordings, and he wrote several Broadway shows. Waller's gargantuan appetites have been celebrated in anecdotes and earlier biographies. He is seen by jazz historians as a man of immense musical talent that was never fulfilled. In this fully revised and updated biography of Waller, Alyn Shipton re-examines his career, arguing that his talents as a songwriter, show...

Lustiges Kinderbuch für Kinder ab 9 Jahren über die griechische Antike - frech, unverblümt und saukomisch!

Stellt euch vor, ihr wart mal ein Mensch, wurdet aber zu einem Schwein verzaubert ... Wie fühlt ihr euch? Richtig: sauwohl!

Wie ungerecht! Alle reden von Homer, Odysseus und Troja - aber niemand von Gryllus, dem sprechenden Schwein. Dabei ist er gekommen, um das Universum zu retten! Doch die Frage ist nur: wie? Warum sind plötzlich alle griechischen Götter aus ihren Tempeln verschwunden? Was bedeuten die rätselhaften Weissagungen des...

This comical story is a patterned, counting text about a band of pirates searching for treasure. One-by-one, they get into trouble and make a hasty retreat back to the pirate ship. Helpful vignettes of the pirates at the top of each page help children count how many pirates are left.

- Red B/ Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion.

- Text type - A story with predictable structure and patterned language

- The map on pages 14 and 15 shows the trail the pirates take...